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ALMAR 073/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND REACHES MILESTONE//
RMKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARINES, SAILORS AND CIVILIANS OF
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND (MCRC) FOR SUSTAINED OUTSTANDING
RECRUITING SUCCESS.  DURING THE LAST 100 MONTHS, MORE THAN 8,000
MARINES SERVED AS RECRUITERS, AND THEY MADE MISSION EACH AND
EVERY MONTH BY SUCCESSFULLY CONTRACTING 320,000 APPLICANTS AND
SHIPPING NEARLY 327,000 POTENTIAL MARINES TO RECRUIT TRAINING.
2.  THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND CONSISTENT ACHIEVEMENT STAND AS A
TESTAMENT TO THE PROVEN "BEST PRACTICES" OF SYSTEMATIC
RECRUITING.  THIS METHODOLOGY, EMPLOYED BY PROFESSIONAL MARINE
RECRUITERS AND THE OFFICERS WHO OVERSEE OPERATIONS, MAINTAINS
OUR RECRUITING FORCE AS A PREMIER TEAM.
3.  THE COMBINATION OF LEADERSHIP, TRAINING, AND THE ETHOS OF
OUR CORPS ALLOWS FOR SUCH SUSTAINED SUCCESS IN A CHALLENGING
RECRUITING ENVIRONMENT.  THE ABILITY TO EXCEED DOD AND MARINE
CORPS BENCHMARKS FOR THE ENLISTMENT OF OUR NATION S HIGHEST
QUALITY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN REINFORCES THE EXEMPLARY
STANDARDS SET BY THE RECRUITING FORCE AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY,
CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR CORPS.
IN THIS EFFORT, THE MARINE RECRUITER S PERFORMANCE IS
ESSENTIAL TO THE CURRENT AND FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE MARINE
CORPS.
4.  I SPEAK FOR ALL MARINES, ACTIVE, RESERVE, AND RETIRED
WHEN I SAY THAT WE ARE PROUD OF OUR MARINE RECRUITERS 
ACCOMPLISHMENT.  ACHIEVING THIS 100-MONTH RECRUITING
MILESTONE REFLECTS THE TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATED
BY MCRC MARINES, SAILORS, CIVILIANS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.  
THEIR ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE HOW THE MARINE "CAN DO" ATTITUDE
CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR CORPS AND WAY OF LIFE.  
5.  SEMPER FIDELIS AND KEEP ATTACKING, M. W. HAGEE,
GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//